i have been depressed for as long as i can remember. it is not from being born this way...i can't stand to hear people say that. i have had nothing but monstrous people after me and lying about me since i was 4. i have had ptsd on top of ptsd since forever and it never goes away. every time i think things will get better...the person who is "helping" me is just another person working for another person that doesn't want me alive.

i have helped so many people in my life and now i realize that everyone of them was just an obstacle to keep me from surviving. not one of them tried to help me back. They just joined in and pretended that i am the problem...even if i saved their lives.

So, Yes, i suffer from depression....and i always will.

I took meds and talked to a counselor.

Yes I have & at times do. I have brilliant doctors & a good medication regime. I can't fault the NHS.

Definitely, for years I struggled with it. Councilling and medication, Thankfully I'm going ok now.

Haha goooooooood question

some years ago yeah.. idk but my dog helps i guess she's my ❤

I’ve struggled with clinical depression my entire adult life. Sometimes I’ve coped fairly well, other times not well at all. It’s getting harder as I get older, having to contend with the aging process and more loss of family and friends. Quite honestly, it’s very scary.

id read a lot

Yes, just take it one day at a time

Malaise, maybe, but never depression. I feel low, I take a nap.

I am now. I cope by taking it one day at a time.

Yes.. I coped by just persisting on through it.. knowing that a bout of depression would ease and better times where ahead helped me.. Hope for the future is an incredibly powerful thing. People can walk though a valley of death when they have hope for the future..

All through my childhood, I don't think I knew how to cope with it. When I left home at 16, it magically disappeared and became a rebellious teenager. Now it's just the occasional down day, just like most people. I've been a bit lonely since my dog Lucy died a couple of weeks ago though.

I drank as a coping mechanism. I don't drink anymore.

My entire life. Never diagnosed but I suspect that I have dysthymic disorder.

Technically speaking, if you're still alive, you aren't struggling with depression.

Depression is struggling with you.